BRIDGEPORT — Notre Dame-Fairfield senior Samantha LaValle summed up Tuesday’s game against Pomperaug succinctly: “It was two really good teams going at it.”

After 80 minutes of intense, physical soccer, it would be hard for anyone at Veterans Park to argue with LaValle’s assessment. The Lancers won 2-1 on their senior day; handing the Panthers their first defeat in SWC play, while maintaining their own undefeated season (11-0-3) in the process.

Despite the loss, the Panthers (12-2-1) are still on track for the SWC’s No. 1 playoff seed. While it’s impossible to anticipate playoff matchups, both sides felt there’s a chance they’d see one another again this season.

“Hopefully the next time we see them it might be a little bit different,” Pomperaug coach Jim Ferro said.

If they do see each again, they’d be hard-pressed to match Tuesday’s affair.

Notre Dame (11-0-3) took a quick lead 10 minutes in. LaValle beat her defender and ripped a shot that smashed off the left post, where it fell to Erika Quinones, who made it 1-0.

The Lancers doubled their advantage two minutes into the second half when LaValle put away Brianna Kydes’ free kick at the back post.

Down 2-0, Pomperaug went into the ascendancy for the rest of the match — pressing the Notre Dame defense and holding the majority of the possession. Seconds after LaValle’s goal, Sophia Kenny took a powerful shot at the top of the penalty area that sent Camacho sprawling into the air to stop it.

“We knew it would still be a hard game and they’d come hard at us,” Camacho said.

Camacho was pressed into service throughout the second half, finishing the game with 17 saves — many of the diving variety.

Her counterpart on Pomperaug, Caitlin Murphy, who replaced starter Elyssa Kipperman after halftime, didn’t have much to do but kept her team in the game when she came off her line to take the ball of LaValle’s foot in a 1-on-1 situation and the score still 2-0.

Pomperaug continued to pepper Camacho’s goal through an assortment of long shots and set pieces. The Panthers’ pressure finally paid off with five minutes left when Jamie Collimore headed home Madelyn Sumple’s free kick.

“We kept pressing,” Ferro said. “We came off a little bit of a tough loss on Saturday (to Shelton). This is the team that we are.”

In the closing moments, Pomperaug continued to put numbers forward and draw fouls in danger positions, but was unable to find an equalizer.

“If we have to play them again, we have to play much better,” Mones said. “But again, as all year, the goals were good goals. We’re very good off our set pieces. And they had lots of set pieces and we defended their set pieces.”